Vulcan Sorting Systems crossbelt magnets are ideal for recycling operations and are widely used for sorting co-mingled metals and separating ferrous and nonferrous metals. When suspended over they conveyor belt of a sorting station, they pick up the ferrous metal, removing it from the sorting line. Because it is often difficult to tell ferrous from non-ferrous metal by quick visual inspection, the use of a crossbelt magnet ensures that only non-ferrous metal is picked. Ferrous scrap metal includes iron and steel recovered from autos, farm equipment, household appliances, structural steel, etc, and non-ferrous scrap is all metals other that iron and steel, such as aluminum, copper, zinc, lead and nickel. Non-ferrous scrap metal represents a smaller percentage of scrap metal, but has a higher market value.